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diff --git a/README.1st b/README.1st new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b1bf2da --- /dev/null +++ b/README.1st @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +This is a specially patched version of NASM. It can be used to supplement +building of Crystal Space, the Open Source 3D Engine project. You can find +Crystal Space at the following locations: + +http://crystal.linuxgames.com/ +http://crystal.sourceforge.net/ + +Details of changes in this version of NASM follow. + +-*- A new keyword %xdefine and its case-insensitive counterpart %ixdefine. + They work almost the same way as %define and %idefine but expand + the definition immediately, not on the invocation. Something like a cross + between %define and %assign. The "x" suffix stands for "eXpand", so + "xdefine" can be deciphered as "expand-and-define". Thus you can do + things like this: + + %assign ofs 0 + + %macro arg 1 + %xdefine %1 dword [esp+ofs] + %assign ofs ofs+4 + %endmacro + +-*- Changed the place where the expansion of %$name macros are expanded. + Now they are converted into ..@ctxnum.name form when detokenizing, so + there are no quirks as before when using %$name arguments to macros, + in macros etc. For example: + + %macro abc 1 + %define %1 hello + %endm + + abc %$here + %$here + + Now last line will be expanded to "hello" as expected. This also allows + for lots of goodies, a good example are extended "proc" macros included + in this archive. + +-*- Added a check for "cstk" in smacro_defined() before calling get_ctx() - + this allows for things like: + + %ifdef %$abc + %endif + + to work without warnings even in no context. + +-*- Added a check for "cstk" in %if*ctx and %elif*ctx directives - + this allows to use %ifctx without excessive warnings. If there is + no active context, %ifctx goes through "false" branch. + +-*- Removed "user error: " prefix with %error directive: it just clobbers the + output and has absolutely no functionality. Besides, this allows to write + macros that does not differ from build-in functions in any way. + +-*- Added expansion of string that is output by %error directive. Now you + can do things like: + + %define hello(x) Hello, x! + + %define %$name andy + %error "hello(%$name)" + + Same happened with %include directive. + +-*- Now all directives that expect an identifier will try to expand and + concatenate everything without whitespaces in between before usage. + For example, with "unfixed" nasm the commands + + %define %$abc hello + %define __%$abc goodbye + __%$abc + + would produce "incorrect" output: last line will expand to + + hello goodbyehello + + Not quite what you expected, eh? :-) The answer is that preprocessor + treats the %define construct as if it would be + + %define __ %$abc goodbye + + (note the white space between __ and %$abc). After my "fix" it + will "correctly" expand into + + goodbye + + as expected. Note that I use quotes around words "correct", "incorrect" + etc because this is rather a feature not a bug; however current behaviour + is more logical (and allows more advanced macro usage :-). + + Same change was applied to: + %push,%macro,%imacro,%define,%idefine,%xdefine,%ixdefine, + %assign,%iassign,%undef + +-*- A new directive [WARNING {+|-}warning-id] have been added. It works only + if the assembly phase is enabled (i.e. it doesn't work with nasm -e). + +-*- A new warning type: macro-selfref. By default this warning is disabled; + when enabled NASM warns when a macro self-references itself; for example + the following source: + + [WARNING macro-selfref] + + %macro push 1-* + %rep %0 + push %1 + %rotate 1 + %endrep + %endmacro + + push eax,ebx,ecx + + will produce a warning, but if we remove the first line we won't see it + anymore (which is The Right Thing To Do {tm} IMHO since C preprocessor + eats such constructs without warnings at all). + +-*- Added a "error" routine to preprocessor which always will set ERR_PASS1 + bit in severity_code. This removes annoying repeated errors on first + and second passes from preprocessor. + +-*- Added the %+ operator in single-line macros for concatenating two + identifiers. Usage example: + + %define _myfunc _otherfunc + %define cextern(x) _ %+ x + cextern (myfunc) + + After first expansion, third line will become "_myfunc". After this + expansion is performed again so it becomes "_otherunc". + +-*- Now if preprocessor is in a non-emmitting state, no warning or error + will be emmitted. Example: + + %if 1 + mov eax,ebx + %else + put anything you want between these two brackets, + even macro-parameter references %1 or local labels %$zz + or macro-local labels %%zz - no warning will be emmitted. + %endif + +-*- Context-local variables on expansion as a last resort are looked up + in outer contexts. For example, the following piece: + + %push outer + %define %$a [esp] + + %push inner + %$a + %pop + %pop + + will expand correctly the fourth line to [esp]; if we'll define another + %$a inside the "inner" context, it will take precedence over outer + definition. However, this modification has been applied only to + expand_smacro and not to smacro_define: as a consequence expansion + looks in outer contexts, but %ifdef won't look in outer contexts. + + This behaviour is needed because we don't want nested contexts to + act on already defined local macros. Example: + + %define %$arg1 [esp+4] + test eax,eax + if nz + mov eax,%$arg1 + endif + + In this example the "if" mmacro enters into the "if" context, so %$arg1 + is not valid anymore inside "if". Of course it could be worked around + by using explicitely %$$arg1 but this is ugly IMHO. + +-------------------------------// fixes for 0.98 //----------------------------- + +-*- Fixed memory leak in %undef. The origline wasn't freed before + exiting on success. + +-----------------------------// Fixes for 0.98.01 //---------------------------- + +-*- Fixed trap in preprocessor when line expanded to empty set of tokens. + This happens, for example, in the following case: + + #define SOMETHING + SOMETHING + + +Andrew Zabolotny <bit@eltech.ru> |